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Student creates writing game

Darrell Hughes
July 25, 2005

Forget "Super Mario Brothers" and "Grand Theft Auto." An MSU graduate student is working to create an online text-based video game called "Ink" for student writers to compete against one another. Kym Buchanan presented his educational version of "You Got Served" to MSU's Writing Center and Writing In Digital Environments Research Center, or WIDE, in the spring after using the game's format for a telecommunications course's final project.

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Student wins cherry crown

Lindsey Poisson
July 21, 2005

A queen will be attending MSU as a student this fall. Biological sciences senior Courtney Fountain was named the 2005-06 National Cherry Queen at this year's National Cherry Festival in Traverse City, Mich.

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Board secretary to be confirmed today

Amy Davis
July 21, 2005

Alison Barber is expected to be confirmed today as the new secretary of the MSU Board of Trustees, officials said. The board will meet today to discuss, among other things, the appointment of Barber, the MSU senior associate dean in the Eli Broad College of Business.

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Student group advises nonprofit businesses

Daniel Thai
July 21, 2005

An MSU organization is aiming to help the community by providing free advice to local nonprofit organizations. Students Consulting for Nonprofit Organizations, or SCNO, is a national organization that focuses on helping local communities through pro-bono consulting.

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Union alters dining lineup

Bob Darrow
July 19, 2005

Students craving MSU Dairy Store ice cream will soon be able to purchase the treat at a new location inside the Union. Construction of the new store should be completed by the end of September, said Union Manager Jim Sheppard. On Monday, officials announced changes to the lineup of restaurants scheduled to open in the Union this fall. Grill 155 and Pete's Arena Pizza had been slated to replace the Little Caesars Pizza and Wendy's, whose contracts ended this year, located in the One Union Square Food Court.

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High number of visits slows parking site

Bob Darrow
July 19, 2005

Students trying to register for campus parking permits Monday experienced some difficulty accessing the MSU Department of Police and Public Safety's online registration Web site. The volume of visitors to the site forced students to wait in an application queue ranging from several hundred to as many as one thousand students. MSU police Sgt.

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Player pleads guilty to drunken driving

Kris Turner
July 18, 2005

Senior wide receiver Aaron Alexander pleaded guilty to drunken driving charges and faces an Aug. 12 sentencing, a clerk from the 54-B District Court said. Alexander is still a member of the football team, said John Lewandowski, assistant athletics director and director of Sports Information. However, Lewandowski wouldn't comment on whether MSU football head coach John L.

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Program helps freshmen adjust to college living

Jason Worthy
July 18, 2005

A group of incoming freshmen performed skits on college life on Friday in the McDonel Hall Kiva to wrap-up the one-week program Maximizing Academic Growth in College, or MAGIC. For nine years, the program's aim has been to provide incoming racial and ethnic minority students with information about transitioning to college through workshops and other activities.

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Mozilla browser gains popularity on campuses

Bob Darrow
July 14, 2005

For years, Web browsing has been dominated by a single application, but one newcomer is starting to garner more attention at several universities. Microsoft's Internet Explorer has led the field of Internet-browser applications, according to statistics from WebSideStory Inc., a San Diego-based company providing Web marketing applications and Web analysis.

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Weekly bell concerts featured at Beaumont

Daniel Thai
July 14, 2005

His loosely clasped fists striking the batons and his black shoes dancing on the pedals, French carillonneur Stefano Colletti filled the air with the sounds of the bells of Beaumont Tower. Colletti's recital, which included the music of Bach, Satie and his own improvisations, was one in the Muelder International Summer Carillon Recital Series. A carillon is a musical instrument with at least two octaves of bells played from a clavier, a series of batons arranged like a keyboard that one plays with both hands and feet.

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Dairy training

Bob Darrow
July 12, 2005

A little before 2 p.m. on Monday, veterinarian Jill Brester was elbow deep in a cow. Brester, an intern with the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, was performing a routine abdominal surgery on the cow at the MSU Training Center for Dairy Professionals, a new university facility which officially opens today.

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300 volunteers to flush Spartan Stadium toilets

Nick Pelton
July 12, 2005

In the middle of August, 300 volunteers will enter every bathroom in the new Spartan Stadium to simultaneously flush every toilet and turn on every faucet. This test, called a "super flush," is to make sure the plumbing can handle an entire stadium full of spectators using the facilities. It has been standard practice to test new structures ever since Notre Dame's newly renovated stadium flooded during its first game in 1997, MSU Associate Director for Media Relations John Lewandowski said. During Notre Dame's home opener against Georgia Tech, the plumbing could not take the overwhelming needs of the crowd, causing the stadium's concourses to flood; thus the concession stands could no longer sell beverages, he said. It occurred during a television time-out as fans flocked to the bathrooms. The stadium's plumbing and the super flush are being coordinated by Keebler Plumbing & Heating in Lansing. The super flush will make sure the new plumbing can handle the demands of the new stadium, Lewandowski said. "They're trying to simulate a halftime," he said.

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Dig's findings shown to public

Bob Darrow
July 11, 2005

Members of the general public had a unique opportunity last weekend to get a glimpse at what life was like inside the first dorm on campus - a glimpse that, until recently, was buried underground. For the past five weeks, MSU students and archaeologists have been excavating the site of Dormitory #1, nicknamed Saints' Rest by its residents.

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Restoring history

Bob Darrow
July 7, 2005

Students and researchers excavating the site of MSU's first dorm might have uncovered a link to the fire that destroyed the building - a trowel found in the dorm's basement. In December 1876, the student residents of Saints' Rest had left for winter break, and the only people in the building were a group of workmen doing grouting in the basement.

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Board to set tuition rates for 2005-06 at July meeting

Amy Davis
July 7, 2005

MSU students will have to wait a few weeks longer than in previous years to receive their tuition bills for the upcoming school year. As tuition for the 2005-06 school year hinges on the authorization of the Legislature's state higher-education budget, the MSU Board of Trustees has delayed the process of setting tuition and sending out tuition bills until the university's state funding is certain. Last year, tuition rates were approved in late June, and students received their tuition electronically on July 23.

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MSU server compromised

Amy Davis
July 5, 2005

The latest in a series of computer attacks within the MSU community has struck the Human Resources servers. On Friday, MSU officials sent an e-mail to some members of the MSU community informing them that two of the department's servers, which hold information such as social security numbers and personal home addresses, had been hacked into by an unknown attacker. Assistant Vice President for Human Resources Pamela Beemer sent an e-mail to notify the potentially affected people about the intrusion. The letter said someone attempted to gain unauthorized access to two MSU Human Resources servers between June 25 and 26.

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MSU could renew energy campaign

Daniel Thai
June 30, 2005

Incoming freshmen are leaving their homes, but they might not have heard the advice to turn off the lights when they leave for the last time. With the influx of new faces, the Energy Subcommittee of the University Committee for a Sustainable Campus has discussed the prospects of rejuvenating a campaign to conserve energy on campus, subcommittee member Bob Ellerhorst said.